4713-3-02
Floor plan requirements for schools.

(A)
The applicant
for a new school shall file with the board a copy of
the floor plan of the new school.

(1)
The board shall
approve the floor plan based upon factors such as the following: health,
safety, sanitation, and sufficiency of equipment.

(2)
The applicant
shall submit a copy of the architectural drawings on letter-sized paper or
shall submit a copy of the blueprint for the building.

(a)
The document
submitted shall have a seal or copy of said verifying the document's
authenticity.

(b)
The drawing or blueprint shall show that the proposed
school complies with local zoning requirements of the area in which the school
is located and shall show compliance with the board's rules and laws as well as
with the laws of Ohio.

(3)
Electronic submission of the architectural drawings or
the blueprint is preferred.

(B)
An existing school desiring to alter
its
floor plan may amend a copy of the plan on file with the
board with
the floor plan reasonably to scale, unless zoning or other local requirements
for construction mandate the creation of a new plan.

(1)
If a new plan is
required for any reason, the existing school shall submit a copy of the new
drawing or blueprint.

(2)
The copies of the new drawings or new blueprint shall
also have the seal of the architect as it is on the original drawing or
blueprint along with the name and address of the school.

(C)
When
the ownership of an existing school changes, and the new owner makes no
significant structural or plumbing changes to the existing school so that the
floor plan in the school's file at the board remains accurate, the school may
submit a copy of the existing floor plan.

(D)
Minimum square footage for cosmetology schools
are defined by type of school.

(1)
Every full
cosmetology school shall have at least three thousand square feet of contiguous
floor space. Such minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's
office, bathrooms, reception room, classrooms, facial
areas or rooms, practice/demonstration room, clinic and
dispensary.

(2)
Every esthetic only
school shall have at least two thousand five hundred square feet of contiguous
floor space. Such minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's
office, bathrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/
demonstration room, clinic with appropriate facial areas or rooms and dispensary.

(3)
Every manicuring only school shall have
at least two thousand square feet of contiguous floor space. Such minimum floor
space shall be comprised of the school's office, bathrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/
demonstration room, clinic and dispensary.

(4)
Every hair design only school shall have
at least two thousand five hundred square feet of contiguous floor space. Such
minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's office,
bathrooms, reception room, classrooms,
practice/demonstration room, clinic and dispensary.

(5)
Every natural hair styling only school
shall have at least two thousand square feet of contiguous floor space. Such
minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's office,
bathrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/
demonstration room, clinic and dispensary.